Second best. The best job in the ANG is KC-135 boom operator.
Second best. The best job in the ANG is KC-135 boom operator.
No way! All boomers did was orbit for 12 hours at a time and go home. C-130s go all over the world to places a boomer will never see. I've been to over 40 countries, spent lots of time in Hawaii and Australia, scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii and Guam. And when we did an orbit, it was around Mt McKinley, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Rushmore or Ayers Rock. It would take me hours to recount all the neat places I got to see, both at home and abroad. And the best part about it was that I got paid to do all of it!